Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) THE STORY OF SPANISH PAINTING [Illustration: S. JEROME EL GRECO COLLECTION OF THE MARQUÉS DE CASTRO SERNA] THE STORY OF SPANISH PAINTING BY CHARLES H. CAFFIN AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STUDY PICTURES” “THE STORY OF DUTCH PAINTING” ETC. [Illustration] LONDON, W. C. T. FISHER UNWIN 1, ADELPHI TERRACE 1910 Copyright, 1910, by THE CENTURY CO. _Published November, 1910_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES BY THE DE VINNE PRESS THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH THE AUTHOR’S GRATITUDE TO C. C. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE STORY OF THE NATION 3 II CHARACTERISTICS OF SPANISH PAINTING 25 III A PANORAMIC VIEW. PART I. TO THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 40 IV A PANORAMIC VIEW. PART II. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY 54 V DOMENICO THEOTOCOPULI (EL GRECO) 66 VI VELASQUEZ 92 VII MAZO 121 VIII CARREÑO 131 IX RIBERA (LO SPAGNOLETTO) 136 X MURILLO 148 XI CANO AND ZURBARÁN 161 XII GOYA 171 A POSTSCRIPT 191 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS S. JEROME _El Greco_ _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE THE CATHOLIC KINGS AT PRAYER _School of Castile, XV Century_ 18 From a photograph by J. Laurent & Co., Madrid. S. URSULA _Spanish School, XV Century_ 31 THE APPARITION OF THE VIRGIN TO BERNARDINE MONKS ? _Pedro Berruguete_ 37